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CVE-2026-78579
Okta Okta Access Gateway — Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway LDAP Datastore Filter Interpolation
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L N U N H N 6.5 .0024 13.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Okta Access Gateway unspecified —
TIMELINE
Aug 24 Reserved by Okta
Sep 8 Published (CNA: Okta)
Sep 23 RESCORED — CVE-2026-78579 (Okta Access Gateway). CVSS 6.8 → 6.5 (NVD).
Description
The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize SAML assertion attribute values before interpolating them into LDAP search filters in the LDAP datastore configuration. The raw values are substituted directly into the filter string and passed to the LDAP search operation, resulting in modification of the intended query logic.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 24, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Okta |
| September 8, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Okta) |
| September 23, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-78579 (Okta Access Gateway). CVSS 6.8 → 6.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Okta | Okta Access Gateway | — | — | — |
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